Einat Peled, PhD Page 1
TelAvivUniversity
EINAT PELED, PhDJanuary, 2016
CURRICULUM VITAE
A. EDUCATION
Dates /Institute
/Subject
/Degree & Date
1985-1988 / HaifaUniversity / Social Work / B.A., 1988With Distinction
1988-1989 / HaifaUniversity / Social Work / M.A., 1990
Cum Laude
1989-1993 / University of Minnesota, MN, USA / Social Work / Ph.D., 1993
Master’s thesis:Living in the shadow of violence: Why and how battered women stay?
SupervisorProf. Zvi Eisikovits
Doctoral dissertationThe experience of living with violence for pre-adolescent witnesses of woman battering.
Supervisor:Prof. Jeffrey L. Edleson
B.FURTHER STUDIES - NA
C. ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Dates /Institute
/Department
/Position/Rank
1987-1989 /University of Haifa
/ Center for Youth Policy Research & SSW / Research & Teaching Assistant1991-1992 /
Domestic Abuse Project of Minneapolis
/ Therapy Unit / Group Facilitator1989-1993 /
Domestic Abuse Project of Minneapolis
/ Evaluation & Research Unit / Research Associate1992-1993 /
University of Minnesota
/ School of Social Work / Instructor1993-1999 /
TelAvivUniversity
/ School of Social Work / Lecturer1999 to 2003 /
TelAvivUniversity
/ School of Social Work / Chair, BA Teaching Committee1999 to 2009 /
TelAvivUniversity
/ School of Social Work / Senior Lecturer2001 to 2003 /
TelAvivUniversity
/ School of Social Work / Head, BAprogram2003-2004 /
University of Victoria,
BC,Canada
/ School of Social Work / Visiting scholar2005 to 2008 /
TelAvivUniversity
/ School of Social Work / Head, Women and Gender Track, MSW program2007 to present /
Women's Spirit - Financial Independence for Women Victims of Violence (NGO)
/ Board of Directors / Chair2009 to present /
TelAvivUniversity
/ School of Social Work / Associate Professor2010 to2014 /
TelAvivUniversity
/ School of Social Work / Head, PhD program2014 to present /
TelAvivUniversity
/ School of Social Work / Head, BAprogramEditorial board membership
1995-2000 /Violence against women:
/ Sage Publications / Editorial Board Member2001 to 2013 /
Qualitative Social Work
/ Sage Publications / Executive Board Member2010 to present /
Society and Welfare (Hebrew)
/ The Association for the Promotion of Social Work, Israel / Editorial Board Member2015 to present /
Journal of Human Trafficking
/ Routledge / Editorial Board Member2015 to present /
Social Service Review
/ University of Chicago Press / External Review BoardMember
- ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
Peled, E., & Eisikovits, Z. (October, 1988). Intimacy in the shadow of violence: Why do they stay? Paper presented at the Fifth Conference of the Israeli Association for Family and Marital Therapy, Jerusalem, Israel.
Edleson, J.L. & Peled, E. (July, 1992). Intended and unintended processes and outcomes of groupwork with children of battered women: Qualitative evaluation results. A paper presented at the First International Conference on Intervention with Children of Battered Women, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Peled, E. (March, 1995). Helping them to get away from the violence: Intervention with and for children of battered women and battering men. A paper presented at the International study group on The Future of Intervention With Battered Women and Their Families, Haifa, Israel. (Invited participant)
Peled, E. (1995, July). Children of battering men: Living in conflict of loyalties and emotions. A paper presented at the 4th International Family Violence Research Conference, New Hampshire.
Peled, E., & Edleson, J. L. (June, 1996). Predicting children's domestic violence service participation and completion. A paper presented at the 2nd National Conference on Children Exposed to Family Violence, Austin, Texas. (Invited speaker)
Peled, E. (1996, June). Supporting the parenting of battering men: Issues and dilemmas. A paper presented at the 2nd National Conference on Children Exposed to Family Violence, Austin, Texas. (Invited speaker)
Peled, E., Eisikovits, Z., & Enosh, G. (1997, August).Practicing What we Preach: Empowerment and Choice for Battered Women Who Stay. A Paper presented at the World Congress on Violence and Human Coexistence, Dublin, Ireland.
Peled, E. (1997, June). The Israeli response to children exposed to domestic violence: No policy, some awareness and little program development. A paper presented at the 3rd International Conference on Children Exposed to Family Violence. London, Ontario. (Invited speaker)
Peled, E., & Morag, T. (1998, October). The relationship between legislation and child welfare policy: The Israeli response to children exposed to domestic violence as a case in point. A paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Children Exposed to Family Violence. San Diego. (Invited speaker)
Peled, E. (1999, February). Ethically sound research on children’s exposure to domestic violence: A proposal. A paper presented in the Asilomar Study Group on Children and Intimate Violence, February 22-24, Pacific Grove, California.(Invited participant)
Spiro, E.S., Peled, E. & Dekel, R. (2000, July). The structure and correlates of client satisfaction: An evaluation of a shelter for runaway and homeless youth. A paper presented at the Evaluation for Practice International Conference, Huddersfield, UK.
Peled, E., & Dekel, R. (2000, November). The complex relationship between the private mother and the general mother in shelters for battered women. A paper presented at PYRGOS International Conference on Violence in the Family, Nicosia, Cyprus
Peled, E. (2001, July). Ethically sound research on children’s exposure to domestic violence. Paper presented at the 7th International Family Violence Research Conference, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Peled, E. (2000, May). Empowering battered women who choose to stay. A paper presented in the conference "Common Threads": Susan Glapell's Trifles and the interactions of arts, law, and society in addressing violence against women, TelAvivUniversity, Tel Aviv.
Leichtentritt, R. & Peled E. (2002, June).Learning Qualitative Research: Students Conversion Experience. A paper presented at the 2002 International Human Science Research Conference: Inciting Dialogue at the Edges of Human Science Research. Victoria, BC.
Peled, E. & Perel, G. (2003, August).Strengthening the parenting of abused women and abusive men: A systematic development of group intervention models. A paper presented at the Seventh International Child and Youth Care Conference: Promise into Practice. Victoria, BC.
Peled, E., Liechtentritt, R. D. & Gur, A. (May, 2005). Affinity, authority and exploitation: A reflexive examination of the multiple power relationships in a study of street prostitution. A paper presented in the 1st International Conference on Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, Illinois.
Perel, G., & Peled E. (July 2005). Rounding the triangle: Promoting facilitators' attentiveness to the relationship between a structured group model and group processes. A paper presented at The National Conference of the Israeli Association for Group Therapy, Tel Aviv.
Peled, E. & Perel, G. (July, 2006). Mothering in the shadow of violence: An outcome evaluation of a semi-structured group intervention. A paper presented at the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Peled, E. (October, 2006). Experiencing mothering and violence: The shuttering of an ideal and the re-affirmation of self-identity. A Paper presented at the 10th Anniversary Conference of The Association for Research on Mothering,Toronto, Canada.
Nave, E. & Peled, E. (October, 2006). The experience of incarcerated mothers. A Paper presented at the 10th Anniversary Conference of The Association for Research on Mothering,Toronto, Canada.
Peled, E. (July, 2007). Experiencing mothering and violence: The shuttering of an ideal and the re-affirmation of self-identity.A paper presented at the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Davidson-Arad, B., Peled, E., & Leichtentritt, R.D. (July, 2007). How social workers portray the parents of children they decided to remove from home in court petition documents?A paper presented at the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Peled, E., Parker, A., Katzav, R. & Davies, N. (February, 2008). The qualitative web: Ethics, methodology and ideology in prostitution research.The third Israeli Interdisciplinary Conference for Qualitative Methods. Beer Sheva, Israel
Peled, E., & Savaya, R. (May, 2008). External review as a battlefield in the science wars. The Fourth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, Illinois.
Peled, E. (May, 2009). Reflections on the search for a "just" feminist social work: Narrative of violence against women. The fifth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, Illinois.
Peled, E., Lugasi R., Gur Y., Bronfman E., Levin-Rotberg T., & Zuabi E. (June, 2010). Social workers' encounters with prostitution: Towards a construction of helpful practice.A panel presented at the 17th Israeli Social Workers' Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Peled, E. (June, 2010). Theoretical constructions of mothering and prostitution. A paper presented at the conference on Prostitution and mothering: Dilemmas. Tel Aviv, Israel. (Invited speaker)
Peled, E. & Levin, L.(June, 2010). Social workers and prostitution: Findings from an Israeli study of attitudes and interventions. A poster presented at The Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development. Hong Kong.
Peled, E. (October, 2010). Abused women who abuse their children. A paper presented at the International Study Group on Controversial Issues in Understanding and Intervening in Partner Violence. Haifa, Israel. (Invited speaker)
Peled, E. (February, 2011). Theoretical constructions of mothering and prostitution: Three dialogues. A paper presented at the International Conference on Mothering and Motherhood in the 21st Century: Research and Activism. Lisbon, Portugal.
Peled, E. (May, 2011). Theoretical constructions of mothering and prostitution: Three dialogues. A paper presented at the International Conference on Violence Against Women, Montreal, Canada.
Peled, E. (June, 2011). Abused women who abuse their children. A paper presented at Kaleidoscope of Child Maltreatment - International Conference, Haifa, Israel.
Peled, E. (February, 2012). The role of qualitative methods in the development of intervention models. A paper presented at the Fifth Israeli Interdisciplinary Conference for Qualitative Methods. Beer Sheva, Israel.
Blat, D., & & Peled, E. (February, 2012). Invisible: Auto-ethnography of mother-daughter incest – Three conversations. A session presented at the Fifth Israeli Interdisciplinary Conference for Qualitative Methods. Beer Sheva, Israel.
Peled, E. (May, 2012). Feminist dilemmas in the study of the subjective experience of violent men. The Eighth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, Illinois.
Peled, E., & Parker, A. (2012, July). The mothering experience of sex trafficked women: Between here and there. Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development: Action and Impact, Stockholm, Sweden.
Peled, E. (March, 2013). Perceptions of social workers regarding prostitution and women in prostitution. On choice and power: A critical discussion of the sex industry in Israel, Jerusalem, Israel. (Invited speaker)
Levin Fraiman, Y., & Peled, E. (May, 2013). Parenting trouble: New fatherhood conceptualizations. A New Motherhood? Evolving Policies, Practices and Families. New York.
Peled, E., & Levin-Rotberg, T. (May, 2013). Mothering in prostitution: Professional narratives and gendered ethics. A New Motherhood? Evolving Policies, Practices and Families. New York.
Peled, E. (February, 2014). The boundaries of qualitative research. A panel presented at the Fifth Israeli Interdisciplinary Conference for Qualitative Methods. Beer Sheva, Israel. (Invited organizer and chair)
Peled, E., & Sinai Glazer, H. (May, 2014). The perception of motherhood among family workers in social services departments. Mothers, Mothering and Motherhood from ancient to contemporary times. Athens, Greece.
Peled, E., Tal-Hadar, R., Shtark, M., & Levi-Dvori, I. (November, 2014). Perspectives of men on sex for money – A round table. The 18th Israeli National Social Work Conference. Tel Aviv, Israel.
Peled, E. (April, 2015). Developing agency in the margins of the motherhood myth:A call for social work researchers. The Fifth European Conference for Social Work Research:Re-visioning social work with individuals, collectives and communities:Social work research.Ljublijana, Slovenia.
Amitay, L., & Peled E. (February, 2016). How young women at the intersection of distressful situationsuse language to describe sexual use of the body as a means to get things. A paper presented at the Sixth Israeli Interdisciplinary Conference for Qualitative Methods. Beer Sheva, Israel
Birger, L. & Peled, E. (February, 2016). "You are Israel and I am an unknown man": Methodological challenges in a study on gender and sexuality among Arethrean men in Israel. A paper presented at the Sixth Israeli Interdisciplinary Conference for Qualitative Methods. Beer Sheva, Israel
Gavriel Fried, B. & Peled, E. (February 2016). "A woman addicted to gambling- It's not what you think": The construction of normative identity among women with a gambling problem.A paper presented at the Sixth Israeli Interdisciplinary Conference for Qualitative Methods. Beer Sheva, Israel.
Levi-Drori, I. & Peled, E. Parenting, disability and sexuality: Parents' perceptions of the sexuality of their adult cognitively disabled children. (February, 2016). A paper presented at the Sixth Israeli Interdisciplinary Conference for Qualitative Methods. Beer Sheva, Israel
Tangir, K.Peled, E. (February, 2016). The construction of maternal identity among non-residential mothers in Israel. A paper presented at the Sixth Israeli Interdisciplinary Conference for Qualitative Methods. Beer Sheva, Israel.
Lachover, E. & Peled, E. (February, 2016). Israeli girls and their body: A critical literature review. The First Israeli Conference of Gender Studies Programs, Ramat Gan, Israel.
E. ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
Year /Institute
/Event/Occasion
1986 / The Chair of the Education Committee, The Knesset. / Honor for outstanding academic performance.1987 / School of Social Work, University of Haifa / Pulkes Award for outstanding performance and achievements in the social and academic domains
1989 / Kidma Project, Israel. / The Annual Research Scholarship of Kidma Project for the Advancement and Involvement of Women
1992 / University of Minnesota / University of MinnesotaGraduateSchool Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
1994 / The Israeli Council for Higher Education. / The Alon Scholarship for promising young researchers
2002 / The Rector and the Center for the Advancement of Teaching
TelAvivUniversity / The Rector’s Prize for Outstanding Teaching
RESEARCH GRANTS
Year /Institute
/Research topic and budget
2000 / Ashalim – JDC, Israel / “Supporting the parenting of battering men and battered women” – research grant ($ 116,100 for 4 years)2000 / JDC, Israel / “An evaluation of a project designed to prevent domestic violence through the workplace” – Tel Aviv-Los Angeles Partnership ($ 25,000 for 2 years). Together with Dr. Bilha Davidson-Arad
2003 / The Shapell Fund, Israel / Faculty Research Support Fund ($5,000)
2012 / Sara Peleg Foundation, Israel / Writing support grant (9,000 Shekels)
2014 / Sara Peleg Foundation, Israel / Writing support grant (10,500 Shekels)
2015 / Elem Israel / "An evaluation of a harm-reduction and treatment program for commercially exploited youth" (200,000 Shekels for 2 years). Together with Dr. Guy Shilo
F.MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
האגודה הישראלית ללימודים פמיניסטיים ולחקר המגדר (משנת 2001) *
* העמותה לחקר האדם הרב-ממדי (איגוד החוקרים האיכותניים) (משנת 2006)
* איגוד העובדים הסוציאליים
* The Association for Research on Mothering, Toronto, Canada (from 2002)
* European Social Work Research Association (ESWRA) (from 2015)
G.STUDENTS SUPERVISED BY CANDIDATE
Post Doctoral Students
Years
/Name of student
/Title of Thesis
/Additional supervisor
/Academic Institution
2012-2014 / Keren Gueta / The experience and identity of mothers of women abused by their partner / N/A / TelAviv UniversityDoctoral Students
Year
/Name of student
/Title of Thesis
/Additional supervisor
/Academic Institution
2005 / Cigal Knei Paz / What constitutes successful interventions with families in extreme distress? Clients' and social workers' perceptions / N/A / TelAviv University2006 / Michal Komem / Seeking and receiving help among runaway adolescent girls / N/A / (same)
2007 / Efrat Nave / Mothering from a distance: The experience of mothers in prison / N/A / (same)
2011 / Raoda Sarsur / The fathering experience of Arab Israeli Men / N/A / (same)
2013 / Amit Muzicant / Home visits: An institutional ethnography / N/A / (same)
2014 / Mesele Mengsteab / A phenomenological exploration of the lived experience of victims of trafficking and street prostitution / N/A / Addis Ababa University
In Process / Kopel Eliezer / The meaning of home for men / N/A / TelAviv University
In Process / Ariel Cohen-Arkin / Identity discourses of gay fathers through surrogacy / Dr. Guy Shilo / (same)
In Process / Orit Yaar / The experience of mothers of adult daughters with psychosis / N/A / (same)
In Process / Yaron Gal / The relationships between sexual exploitation, violence and inner-community coercion, and mental and physical health among gay men / Dr. Guy Shilo / (same)
M.A. Students
Year
/Name of student
/Title of Thesis
/Additional supervisor
/Academic Institution
1995 / Pnina Pecker / A different kind of social work practice: Professional change processes among social workers participating in the “Yachdav” program / Prof. Shimon Spiro / TelAvivUniversity, BobShapellSchool of Social Work1997 / Ya’ala Levavi / The experience of incest for adult women: A phenomenological study / N/A / (same)
1997 / Michal Salomon / The meaning of voluntary work for female volunteers in a hotline for battered women / N/A / (same)
1998 / Eliezer Peled / The meaning of exemption from army service due to psychological reasons for young people raised on kibbutz / N/A / (same)
1998 / Pirchia Frost / An evaluation of a group program for battering men / N/A / (same)
2000 / AyeletCohavi- Samselik / Runaway girls / N/A / (same)
2002 / Ahuva Gubani / “Hurdle Racing”: Locating and recruiting participants for a study on the influence of incest upon siblings. / Dr. Riky Finzi / (same)
2002 / Ilana Sacks / The self perception of women living with alcoholic partners / N/A / (same)
2003 / Guy Perel / The experience of parenthood among men who are abusive towards their partners / N/A / (same)
2004 / Nili Sander-Almoznino / Motherhood in the face of violence: Being a mother to a daughter suffering from spousal abuse / N/A / (same)
2004 / Anat Gur / The experience of prostitution among women who worked as street prostitutes in Israel / N/A / (same)
2005 / Amit Muzicant / The meaning of home for runaway girls / N/A / (same)
2005 / Inbal Barak-Gil / To create a world without violence: Motherhood perception of women suffering from violence of their spouses / N/A / (same)
2006 / Ahlam Arda / The experience of Arab women who were abused and subsequently abused their children. / N/A / (same)
2007 / Sabina Chaham / The experience of immigrant battered women / N/A / (same)
2008 / Ayelet Parker / The mothering experience of womensold for the sex industry / N/A / (same)
2009 / Rachel Katzav / The experience of homeless, drug addicted young women / N/A / (same)
2009 / Noam Katz / The fathering identity of men addicted to drugs / N/A / (same)
2009 / Michal Yaron / The mothering identity of girls fromEthiopian origin / N/A / (same)
2009 / Iman Yassin / The perception of maternal identity among Arab teenage girls in Israel / N/A / (same)
2010 / Nufar Glassman / The mothering identity of mothers to children in a day-long childcare facility / N/A / (same)
2010 / Reut Lugasi / Perceptions of prostitution and prostitutes among social workers who work with girls in distress / N/A / (same)
2011 / Tal Levin-Rotberg / Attitudes of youth law welfare officers about motherhood in prostitution / N/A / (same)
2011 / Yael Gur / Perceptions of female social workers with respect to prostitution and women in prostitution / N/A / (same)
2011 / Einav Bronfman / The perceptions held by Israeli young men on prostitution / N/A / (same)
2011 / Dodi Blatt / Invisible: Mother-daughter incest / N/A / (same)